The BBC has insisted that senior staff are being suspended over the spate of programme scandals that have engulfed it, but there is little evidence to prove the assertion so far.
In fact, investigations by MediaGuardian.co.uk have revealed that those already sent home are at the producer level - hardly senior staff.
The series producer of kids show TMI and a producer on Children in Need at BBC Scotland were both sent home yesterday pending further investigations.
While undoubtedly others will follow, they will need to be at a higher level to assuage fears both amongst BBC staff and unions that it is the "little people" that so far seem to be carrying the can.
Bectu president Gerry Morrissey spoke for many when he said: "This situation is of senior management's making. We will strongly defend any of our members who are disciplined because the problem lies at the top."
In the case of TMI, staff are upset that while producer Jamie Rea has been sent home his executive producer, CBBC head of entertainment Joe Godwin, is still working.
So far there has been no word of executive producers, creative directors and controllers being temporarily relieved of their duties.
Indeed, the BBC confirmed yesterday that BBC1 controller Peter Fincham - at the heart of the row with the Queen - is still in place.
The BBC has insisted that senior people are taking the blame as well, but it won't officially confirm names, positions or even how many people are affected.
Until it does, disquiet over who is really carrying the can for these scandals will grow.
Meanwhile, on a related note, the BBC's response to the crisis has found support in some unusual quarters this morning.
As well as the Independent giving over its front page to a call to back the BBC, traditionally anti-BBC newspapers have also praised the corporation's handling of the scandals.
The Sun has not one but two articles praising the way the Beeb has handled things, with business editor Ian King saying its response had been "solid" and a "text book" response.
The Telegraph has also given it the thumbs up, saying the BBC Trust had got things right. What can be going on?
